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This Memorial Commemorates The Act Of...

Tybee Island · Chatham County · Erected 1938

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Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1938, this memorial recalls two soldiers who under fire raised the fallen Confederate colors during the April 1862 Union bombardment that captured Fort Pulaski.

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This Memorial Commemorates The Act Of... is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County, erected in 1938. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0276, -80.8901 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Key to the South (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fort Pulaski National Monument, Burial Sites of Immortal 600, and Fort Pulaski Prisoner Burial Ground.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.0276, -80.8901 · Tybee Island, Chatham County

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